KATHMANDU: Chief Minister of Province 2 Lal Babu Raut has said that the provincial government is preparing to provide monthly allowance to cancer patients.
Inaugurating the 31st Central Assembly of the Nepal Cancer Prevention Association at Lahan in Siraha on Friday, Chief Minister Raut said that the provincial government was preparing to provide a monthly allowance to help cancer patients by enacting a law. “The cancer patients are already getting one lakh relief for their treatment,” said Chief Minister Raut.
He expressed the commitment to provide necessary assistance to the cancer hospital to be set up in Lahan.
Stating that the provincial government has set up Madhes Institute of Health Sciences to improve the health condition of the citizens, he expressed confidence that the provincial public health laboratory set up by the government would be a model of the country.